202 FLOWERS Ol' WASTE PLACES, ETC. 



teroLis insect, Thrips physapiis\ 3 moths, Coscinia slriata. Feathered 

 Brindle {. Iporop/iy/a auslralis). Marbled Clover [I/c/iol/iis c/ipsacciis); 

 and a Homopterous insect, Oi-thocephalns saltator, are found u[)on it. 



Cichoriiim was the Latin name, and Intybiis is hilubus or Endive. 



This beautiful Composite is called Bunk, Chicory, Wild Cicory, 

 Succory. Chicory is also called Harbe de capucin. 



The ])lanl served as a floral index. In ( "u-rmany. a i^irl, ■" after 

 waiting day after day for her betrothed, at last sank exhausted by the 

 roadside and expired. Before long a star-like flower sprang up on the 

 spot where the maiden's heart was broken and she breathed her last, 

 and it was called the Watcher of the Road." 



The plant is used for chicory for adulterating coffee. The root is 

 roasted and crushed. The root is boiled and eaten, and the leaves 

 also when blanched. It was formerly used in skin troubles and chronic 

 disorders, and as a cooling medicine. 



EssENTi.AL Specific Characters: — 



176. Cickorint/i Iiifybiis, L. — Stem tall, rigid, striate, bristly, 

 branched, lower leaves runcinate, upper clasping, flowerheads blue, 

 numerous, axillary, subsessile. 



Hawk's Beard (Crepis virens, L. = C. capillaris, Wallr.) 



This common Composite is known from Neolithic beds at Redhill, 

 near Edinburgh, so there can be no doubt as to its being native. It is 

 found in the North Temperate Zone from Denmark southwards in 

 Europe, and in the Canaries. In Great Britain Hawk's Beard is 

 found in all parts from Caithness to the south coast. It even ascends 

 to a height of 1350 ft. in Derby. It is found in Ireland and the 

 Channel Islands. 



Hawk's Beard is a common weed in many different types of haljitat, 

 but perhaps the most certain place in which to search for it is waste 

 ground, where with Groundsel and Shepherd's Purse one is almost 

 certain to find it. It also grows In gardens and along the roadside. 

 It is very frequent along most hedgerows with Nipplewort, ami 

 grows commonly on all cultivated ground, in cornfields, &c. It is 

 found as well on wa]l-to[)s and the roofs of mud and thatched 

 houses. 



Very commonlv confused with other Composites, Hawk's Beard 

 m,iy be known In' the shape of its flowerheads, small fruits, in- 

 volucre, and the clasping leaves. The stem is erect, branched, 

 angular, finelv furrowed, with radical leaves like the Dandelion. 



